Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control following China's healthcare reform

American Journal of Hypertension

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 428-431

  Hou, Zhiyuan ^a   Meng, Qingyue ^b   Zhang, Yuting ^c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; China; Equity; Healthcare reform; Hypertension; Public health

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHINA; DISEASE CONTROL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD PRESSURE; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHINA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84962537522     PISSN: 08957061     EISSN: 19417225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpv125     Document Type: Article

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